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>> well, we found that she repeatedly used campaign funds for personal use. particularly in 2009, she had march and april rent payments that were made out, checks made out to a guy named brent basher, her landlord. those were rent payments and she called them expense reimbursements. that's one example of the many expenses ms. o'donnell claimed to be campaign expenses but were really just expenses of her lifestyle. she had no other income, so she was treating her campaign account like it was her personal piggy bank. >> and this happened in 2009? >> 2009 and 2010. >> okay. >> and ms. o'donnell had really no oversight. there was no campaign treasurer as the law requires for over a year and a half, so she had a -- a wachovia bank card that she whipped out whenever other people would use their debit card. >> who do you have sworn statements from to back up this allegation? >> we have a sworn statement from david keegan a former campaign staffer for ms. o'donnell back in 2008. and in addition, there was another person, a campaign manager, who made recorded calls th
>> well, we found that she repeatedly used campaign funds for personal use. particularly in 2009, she had march and april rent payments that were made out, checks made out to a guy named brent basher, her landlord. those were rent payments and she called them expense reimbursements. that's one example of the many expenses ms. o'donnell claimed to be campaign expenses but were really just expenses of her lifestyle. she had no other income, so she was treating her campaign account like it...
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she comes to us as a mom. finish >> reporter: it's not unusual for first ladies to campaign for senators or representatives. for example, laura bush did it as well. jenna? jenna: well, molly, what do we expect exactly for the tone to be coming from the first lady? do we expect her to go on the attack against republicans. >> reporter: no. political analysts say that's traditionally not what first ladies do, nor is it what candidates want a first lady to do. sabato says, quote, the first lady doesn't do hard core partisan politics, she says nice things about the candidate she's with. it also gives gop candidates a chance to suggest their opponent isn't doing well enough on his or her own. in fact, a spokesperson for carly fiorina in california says, quote, national democrats are clearly so nervous about californians distaste for barbara boxer and her nearly three three-decade career of supporting job-killing policies that they're forced to send in reinforcements to try to salvage the only job boxer cares about;
she comes to us as a mom. finish >> reporter: it's not unusual for first ladies to campaign for senators or representatives. for example, laura bush did it as well. jenna? jenna: well, molly, what do we expect exactly for the tone to be coming from the first lady? do we expect her to go on the attack against republicans. >> reporter: no. political analysts say that's traditionally not what first ladies do, nor is it what candidates want a first lady to do. sabato says, quote, the...
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us to another level. and haiti wasn't a place we were in before. we've also been able not to respond to just haiti, we're able to add on all these different territories because of the program. the whole concept is to empower the local people to have them be the ones running their own factory like this, have them be the ones to get the credit for it. the water that her and her family are drinking, all of it needs to go through here. >> it's hard enough for healthy children here in haiti to survive drinking unclean water, much less kids trying to recover from an earthquake. the water crisis is so huge. and it's so big, and there's so many people in this world without water. there's so many people in haiti that we have left to reach that sometimes it can be overwhelming a little bit. and it's easy to get discouraged thinking, gosh, we're not doing enough. but then when you go and you give one filter, to one mother, who has one child that's been sick for two weeks that possibly won't make it unless they start
us to another level. and haiti wasn't a place we were in before. we've also been able not to respond to just haiti, we're able to add on all these different territories because of the program. the whole concept is to empower the local people to have them be the ones running their own factory like this, have them be the ones to get the credit for it. the water that her and her family are drinking, all of it needs to go through here. >> it's hard enough for healthy children here in haiti to...
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use that money to pay for tax breaks for the middle class. but the business community has been talking about how horrible it is, having a tax cut when the economy is so fragile, robbing the economy of its recovery. there are a lot of democrats who are boggling. we will see if they can deliver. i do not think they can deliver the promise. >> actually, a former member of the obama administration drew the same conclusion. >> whether we are talking about rahm emanuel or peter orszag, [inaudible] the rights and in "the new york times" calling for an extension of the tax cuts that the rich has. >> this is something that the president can draw a line on. he does have a veto power. he can decide whether or not to extend the tax cuts for the rich for a year or something like that, or not. it seems to me the best thing to do would be to pull it back for those people who make less than $200,000, and will veto anything that does not help them. >> george stephanopoulos tried to nail him down on that question, but he said he would not necessarily veto. >>
use that money to pay for tax breaks for the middle class. but the business community has been talking about how horrible it is, having a tax cut when the economy is so fragile, robbing the economy of its recovery. there are a lot of democrats who are boggling. we will see if they can deliver. i do not think they can deliver the promise. >> actually, a former member of the obama administration drew the same conclusion. >> whether we are talking about rahm emanuel or peter orszag,...
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we had great cooperation with the mlb that helped us and gave us this footage and let us see all the different camera angles, we return again and again to a photograph that would anchor you in meaning as well as illustration. you don't want to illustrate it, but have meaning where 1 and one, word and image don't always add to to two or three. that's what we want. we want that strange and impossible calculus in our lives. >> wha who is the break out commentator: pedro martinez? >> pedro is surprising. he did an unbelievable interview with him and joe torre. they have fandom in the most dramatic way. particularly in the top of the tenth, he is so moving. he knows barry bonds and he is a fan of the giants and know what is it is to be a hispanic america. without the role models and the resistance in baseball is what rewarded that group in the midst of an era where we are talking about against them. i think in some ways it's torre and pedro and howard bryant is great and so is tom and so many people. so are you? >> no, no. >> you don't get the opening statement for nothing, buster. >> far
we had great cooperation with the mlb that helped us and gave us this footage and let us see all the different camera angles, we return again and again to a photograph that would anchor you in meaning as well as illustration. you don't want to illustrate it, but have meaning where 1 and one, word and image don't always add to to two or three. that's what we want. we want that strange and impossible calculus in our lives. >> wha who is the break out commentator: pedro martinez? >>...
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this is an old story for us as americans. you know, the confederates, in order to whip up hatred of lincoln, put out this rumor that he was a catholic because that was really a bad thing back then. and when fdr did all of the great social programs he did, his opponents said that he was a jew. in fact, they had a name for him, jewsovelt. this kind of antagonism and bullying and lying about people, has been going on for as long as this country -- and it makes me very sad. >> this was supposed to be a project that would bring various religions together, sort of evolved into this. at this point given the sensitivity and emotion over it, isn't that kind of impossible? even the imam now says that had he known there was going to be this uproar he wouldn't have done this. >> well, i think he said he wouldn't have done it this way. i hope he doesn't back down. i hope he still builds it. i really support it. most good-hearted americans support it. i got to they do. even though the polls show something else. >> michael moore, thanks. >>
this is an old story for us as americans. you know, the confederates, in order to whip up hatred of lincoln, put out this rumor that he was a catholic because that was really a bad thing back then. and when fdr did all of the great social programs he did, his opponents said that he was a jew. in fact, they had a name for him, jewsovelt. this kind of antagonism and bullying and lying about people, has been going on for as long as this country -- and it makes me very sad. >> this was...
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occasionally one republican will break ranks and help us. what it gets down to, we can count, and we know we don't have 60 votes for our tax position. we want to basically say after the election when we still face a deadline by the end of the year we'll take up all these tax issues. >> however, immediately after the election, the terms of three appointed senators expire from the states of illinois, west virginia, and delaware. if republicans win any of those seats and are seated immediately as expected, the republican filibuster would be harder to overcome. and there is another issue democrats might want to come to grips the popularity of their health care reform law. a recent poll looks like a strong plurality opposes the law, 23% of the opposers think the law did not go far enough. 20% opposed only a few changes. finally today president obama signed into law what may be the last item democrats passed before the mid-term elections, the small business package which includes tax cuts as well as provisions to make loans more availabile. let's
occasionally one republican will break ranks and help us. what it gets down to, we can count, and we know we don't have 60 votes for our tax position. we want to basically say after the election when we still face a deadline by the end of the year we'll take up all these tax issues. >> however, immediately after the election, the terms of three appointed senators expire from the states of illinois, west virginia, and delaware. if republicans win any of those seats and are seated...
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i even use the web to get paid. with acceptpay from american express open, we now invoice advertisers and receive payments digitally. and i get paid on average three weeks faster. booming is never looking for a check in the mail. because it's already in my email. >>> tonight a new segment called "political theater." we'll take campaign ads and put them under the fact-checking microscope to see how truthful they are. you can get in on the action. go to our website and view the ad and let us know what you think. tom foreman takes the stage for the first time in our very first political theater. tom? >>> anderson, democratic national committee has set its sights on the man that could be the speaker of the house if the dems lose enough seat. minority leader john boehner. they accuse him of much wrong against american workers. let's take a look. >> think republicans have no plan for the economy? it's not true. john boehner opposes funding for government jobs. jobs for teachers, cops, firefighters. boehner has a different
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it will help us take pressure off our currency, help us stabilize interest rates it will help us show the markets that our tax rates aren't going to rise to unbelievable levels because we are getting our fiscal house in order. so if we locked in a plan to actually g our debt under control, that will actually help our economy right now because it will improve competence in the future of our economy. >> okay but are you prepared to spend money for stimulus in order to do something about unemployment. >> so i don't subscribe to the typical keynesian doctrine that you need to borrow and spend money to create jobsment we borrowed and spend 1.1 trillion when you add interest costs on the stimulus and we lost 2.6 million jobs since that legislation passed. i do think there are better things that the government could do to promote prosperity and create jobs. we ought to be growing at a very fast pace coming out of the kind-of-recession we are coming out of if we are coming out of it. i mean 81, the 72 recession. we were growing at about 68% at this time. i would argue that the reason we are g
it will help us take pressure off our currency, help us stabilize interest rates it will help us show the markets that our tax rates aren't going to rise to unbelievable levels because we are getting our fiscal house in order. so if we locked in a plan to actually g our debt under control, that will actually help our economy right now because it will improve competence in the future of our economy. >> okay but are you prepared to spend money for stimulus in order to do something about...
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thanks for being with us. "countdown with keith olbermann" starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? pledge this. >> they proposed $4 trillion worth of tax cuts and $16 billion in spending cuts and then they said we're going to somehow magically balance the budget. that's not a serious approach. >> as the president pounds the republicans on the lemon of a pledge, even the gop begins to back down. those weren't plans. they were just measurements. >> once americans understand how big the problem is, then we can begin to talk about potential solutions. >> and it's really a pledge to nowhere. the economic policy institute with an astounding crunch of the numbers. how many jobs would the gop pledge kill off? >>> the new health care metric. the number of americans who think we need more doubles the number who think we need none and why is that poll a secret? let's go to the videotape. >> evolution is a myth and even darwin himself -- >> evolution is a smith. >> you know what? >
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with us tonight, national syndicated radio talk show host bill press. and also john feari republican strategist. gentlemen, good to have you with us tonight. let's talk first about this pledge. you see in the '90s, you guys, john, you had the quarter america. now is this a cheaper cut now that you've reduced it to a pledge, or is this more serious? i have to give a hard time about that. here's the pledge it's preamble, regarding the policies of the current government, the govern dod not consent an arrogant and out-of-touch government of self-appointed elites makes decisions, issues mandates, and enacts laws without accepting or requesting the input of the many. and of course, what they want to do is they want to cut taxes, cut taxes, repeal the health care bill. the cat's out of the bag. john, is this a good strategy for the midterm, what do you think? >> i think it is and i think that it was there in 1994 and i think that it was very helpful when republicans put out a game plan of what they were going to do. it's good for two reasons. a, it tells the v
with us tonight, national syndicated radio talk show host bill press. and also john feari republican strategist. gentlemen, good to have you with us tonight. let's talk first about this pledge. you see in the '90s, you guys, john, you had the quarter america. now is this a cheaper cut now that you've reduced it to a pledge, or is this more serious? i have to give a hard time about that. here's the pledge it's preamble, regarding the policies of the current government, the govern dod not consent...
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talked about his drug use. gave him a pass on it. >> this is the point is the conservatives seem to parcel out you know the bad guys in their world and accept anybody that can just win some kind of election or movement even when it's low voter turnout. how are you going to control these people. >> i think what we're going to do -- well, we're not going to control them. this is a movement. that's the beauty of the tea party. this is a real movement. these are people who are angry about the scope of government and said, you people in washington aren't listening to us. you know i read something this weekend, ed, that said, the primaries that we've had through last tuesday, you had 17 million republicans go out and vote and you had 15 million democrats go out and vote. i think if the democrats can't mobilize their base and get people to turn out we're going to trounce the democrats here in washington and i think that's what the tea party have done. they've galvanized people saying that government is not in touch. >
talked about his drug use. gave him a pass on it. >> this is the point is the conservatives seem to parcel out you know the bad guys in their world and accept anybody that can just win some kind of election or movement even when it's low voter turnout. how are you going to control these people. >> i think what we're going to do -- well, we're not going to control them. this is a movement. that's the beauty of the tea party. this is a real movement. these are people who are angry...
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. >> thank you for being with us. book is usedky's as a blueprint for bringing about change. >> nicholas von hoffman spent 10 years working for him and writes about his experiences in "radical, a portrait of salt alinsky."l there was an hour-long debate tuesday. political analyst john keller the question of the candidates about the state's budget, health care system, and schools. this is 55 minutes. >> good evening and welcome to the first televised debate between the four candidates for governor of massachusetts. let's meet the candidates and get our debate started. they are republican nominee charlie baker, former ceo of harvard pilgrim health care. the democratic nominee is the incumbent. then kent k. hill and green party jill stein. thank you for being here. there are no opening or closing statements tonight. we have just questions from me and from voters. each candidate gets up to one minute to respond to each question and then we will open it up for free and open debate. let's begin. mr. baker, your name comes f
. >> thank you for being with us. book is usedky's as a blueprint for bringing about change. >> nicholas von hoffman spent 10 years working for him and writes about his experiences in "radical, a portrait of salt alinsky."l there was an hour-long debate tuesday. political analyst john keller the question of the candidates about the state's budget, health care system, and schools. this is 55 minutes. >> good evening and welcome to the first televised debate between...
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. >> question, by the way, the word stimulous is apparently now not used. the president's job approval rating is low. historically so. did this week put president obama back on an upward track? pat buchanan. >> no it did not, john. there's no doubt he was in campaign mode and spoke more eloquently there. he mentioned john boehner and attacked him by name seven times and nobody in the country knows who john boehner is. secondly the mosque issue and the issue of the burning korans was a tremendous distraction all week. third, his proposal, some of which are interesting, credits like that. they are too little, they are too late. frankly some of his rhetoric, they treat me like a dog is getting pity me, it doesn't come off well. >> what is the political part on obama's part? >> you have to put a face on the opposition and mr. boehner is a pretty good face. he has been in the congress since 1990. he was part of the gingrich revolution in 1995. he was video taped on the house floor handing out checks from the tobacco industry to members while they were discussing
. >> question, by the way, the word stimulous is apparently now not used. the president's job approval rating is low. historically so. did this week put president obama back on an upward track? pat buchanan. >> no it did not, john. there's no doubt he was in campaign mode and spoke more eloquently there. he mentioned john boehner and attacked him by name seven times and nobody in the country knows who john boehner is. secondly the mosque issue and the issue of the burning korans was...
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tomas roman of kgo in san francisco has details. >> there used to be a house right there. >> i used to look from -- they have very nice deck. i used to look at their house, and now it's not there. >> now it's gone. >> reporter: mila alasz, her husband and t fime. the girls tried to coax the rabbit they left behind out of its cage, but it's too terrified to come out. the alasz house was spared from the flames that consumed the three homes directly behind them. mila says she's been fr since her family escape explosion and fire thursday night. >> i didn't sleep. look at my eyes. i move to thote it's like stall i can't stay in it's like -- i o m i don't want to stay still. no, i probably get one hour and a half sleep during the whole night. >> reporter: the family is still waiting for pg & e to turn o their gas and power. this view shows the more than 100 residents who are being let back into their san bruno homes in stages. the only people allowed home to green flags. residents are being escorted by dozens of pg&e crews who are turning on power and gas, lighting pilot lights and heaters a
tomas roman of kgo in san francisco has details. >> there used to be a house right there. >> i used to look from -- they have very nice deck. i used to look at their house, and now it's not there. >> now it's gone. >> reporter: mila alasz, her husband and t fime. the girls tried to coax the rabbit they left behind out of its cage, but it's too terrified to come out. the alasz house was spared from the flames that consumed the three homes directly behind them. mila says...
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we want to use reconciliation. you have to use it to get this problem fixed. >> just remember, spell hypocrisy with a y as in r-y-a-n. today's "worst person in the world." nationwide insurance, i'm all ears. i bought my policy online and i haven't heard from the company since. when pam switches to nationwide insurance, we're not going to treat her like policy 413. we're gonna treat her like pam, get to know her, be proactive. oh and rename the company nationpam. oh, ooh. done. ♪ nationpam is on your... ♪ ♪ sam we'll make that work. >>> scare, lie, then rip off. the three-pronged sales technique congressman anthony wiener says gold line uses to its customers. glenn beck and others were forced to answer for their practices today. you might call it the project to restore honor to gold ped dlars. according to court records, the s.e.c. alleged they used deceptive messages to defraud 115 mostly elderly investors out of $1.1 million over 18 months. the case was settled and the men conceded no guilty and returned the
we want to use reconciliation. you have to use it to get this problem fixed. >> just remember, spell hypocrisy with a y as in r-y-a-n. today's "worst person in the world." nationwide insurance, i'm all ears. i bought my policy online and i haven't heard from the company since. when pam switches to nationwide insurance, we're not going to treat her like policy 413. we're gonna treat her like pam, get to know her, be proactive. oh and rename the company nationpam. oh, ooh. done....
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that is concerning to us, because there are a lot of uses where data is used to be able to bill advertisers and fight fraud across the site, in ways that relate directly to the advertising model. depending on how prescriptive the language is, it could create problems in some of those business operational areas. when you offer an opt out of showing a consumer behavioral advertising, that same data could be used for fraud detection and control. you want to make sure you have the appropriate use and right to be able to prevent fraud across your website. there are some protections there that we are looking at very carefully, making sure they are drafted and a way that protects those necessary uses of data. >> do you foresee legislation passing this year or next, and if the republicans take over congress in november, as far as your business model and business concerns, is that a good thing or a negative thing? >> i wish i had a crystal ball and could tell you these things. i don't know if legislation is going to pass. there are a lot of external forces that could influence those outcomes. it is
that is concerning to us, because there are a lot of uses where data is used to be able to bill advertisers and fight fraud across the site, in ways that relate directly to the advertising model. depending on how prescriptive the language is, it could create problems in some of those business operational areas. when you offer an opt out of showing a consumer behavioral advertising, that same data could be used for fraud detection and control. you want to make sure you have the appropriate use...
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that is what drives us. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. >>> when you call a congressional tactic undemocratic in march you better not be caught on tape promising to use the tactic in september. >>> the biggest tactic around the panorama of scams exclusive gold line as unsavory things are revealed about its top salesman ahead on "countdown." [ male announcer ] now that wells fargo and wachovia have come together, what's in it for you? unprecedented strength, the stability of the leading community bank in the nation and with 12,000 atms and thousands of branches, we're with you in more ways and places than ever before. with you when you want the most from your bank. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. together we'll go far. i'm not gonna lie. definitely not easy. hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... lafayette: just got to get through the day. how do you stop this? being used to doing something with a cigarette makes it hard doing it without one. but if i can re-learn to ge
that is what drives us. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. >>> when you call a congressional tactic undemocratic in march you better not be caught on tape promising to use the tactic in september. >>> the biggest tactic around the panorama of scams exclusive gold line as unsavory things are revealed about its top salesman ahead on "countdown." [ male announcer ] now that wells fargo and wachovia have come together, what's...
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and the collective j that you use? she won a small portion of an electorate. and traveling now. >> we haven't said anything about the weaknesses of kuntz, declared himself to be a mo an elected official. >> he's a county official right now. and he's in a position of authority. and he raised a budget over there 28%. that's what it cost -- [everyone talking at once] >> republican establishment -- >> the o'donnell campaign. >> we're just looking at the -- look, it's taking place and toomey is qzíno carrierringconn0 o'donnell wins? >> i think she does. >> o'donnell doesn't win, no. >> o'donnell loses. >> yes. i'm with karl rove again on this one. mike castle would have handed that vote to the republicans. not against public servants. this woman does not have -- >> which is it? >> i'm not sure. but i hope this will -- continues to dismiss the tea party movement and all candidates rand paul, mark joe rubio, christine o'donnell, because the power of this movement is beyond belief now. and it's mainstream america, and you kno
and the collective j that you use? she won a small portion of an electorate. and traveling now. >> we haven't said anything about the weaknesses of kuntz, declared himself to be a mo an elected official. >> he's a county official right now. and he's in a position of authority. and he raised a budget over there 28%. that's what it cost -- [everyone talking at once] >> republican establishment -- >> the o'donnell campaign. >> we're just looking at the -- look, it's...
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that that is we we this confronting us. they played budget games for scoring purposes and, yes, it is the republican plan to eliminate the tax -- >> chris: you have a majority, why not pass the extension of the middle class tax cuts before you go home to campaign for a month. >> the senate decided they odd don't it. >> chris: that is the senate, you are in the house. >> it would be a specious act for us. what is not a specious act is we have guaranteed there will be no increase in middle income taxes. the president said that and speaker and i have said that. harrharry reid and dick durbind that. >> chris: here is the point. the democrats held a big majority in the house and senate for almost two years. at any time a serious fail your by democrats in the house and the senate that you haven't told the american people that what is going to happen their taxes on income, on dividends, on capital gains and on inheritance and it is coming up three months away. is that any way to add certainty and confidence. >> it is not. and that
that that is we we this confronting us. they played budget games for scoring purposes and, yes, it is the republican plan to eliminate the tax -- >> chris: you have a majority, why not pass the extension of the middle class tax cuts before you go home to campaign for a month. >> the senate decided they odd don't it. >> chris: that is the senate, you are in the house. >> it would be a specious act for us. what is not a specious act is we have guaranteed there will be no...
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. >> the elite don't get us, they call us wacky, they call us wing nuts, we call us "we the people." gwen: defeated republicans like delaware's mike castronevesle, bob bennett and murkowski are trying to figure out what happened. and also arlen specter and struggling incumbents like ohio governor ted strickland and president obama himself who knows he must convince voters the economy can improve. >> we stop the bleeding, stabilize the economy but the fact of the matter is the pace of improvement is not where it needs to be. and the hole we had dug ourselfs in was enormous. gwen: the scary truth appears to be rattled voters appear to lash out at lots of people for lots of reasons. let's go through some of the reasons here, panel. starting with you, john. >> the economy. i'll take the easiest, biggest target, the economy is bad and affecting people in their lives and if it's not affecting them it's affecting somebody in their lives and everybody is anxious. in this time of anxiety they turn to washington and see people they dislike, distrust and are just bafoons. and the numbers for co
. >> the elite don't get us, they call us wacky, they call us wing nuts, we call us "we the people." gwen: defeated republicans like delaware's mike castronevesle, bob bennett and murkowski are trying to figure out what happened. and also arlen specter and struggling incumbents like ohio governor ted strickland and president obama himself who knows he must convince voters the economy can improve. >> we stop the bleeding, stabilize the economy but the fact of the matter is...
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that is what drives us. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. >>> turns out the chief salesman for the chief sponsor for glenn beck were hauled into court in the '90s by the s.e.c. on charges of defrauding elderly investors. a mark of quality. the congressional hearing into gold line next. but first time for tonight's "worst person in the world." you might recall when palin was introduced in 2008 by a florida sheriff who called the democratic presidential nominee barack hussein obama, a mccain spokesman said we do not condone this inappropriate rhetoric that voters will base their decisions on this in november. on fox last night, palin said we're learning more about christine o'donnell than anyone bothered to learn about barack hussein obama. please tell me she's going to release a statement condemning herself. >>> rand paul, let a tea baggy loose on history and they'll say the darnedest things. this is from his profile in gq magazine. in 1923 when they destroyed the
that is what drives us. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. >>> turns out the chief salesman for the chief sponsor for glenn beck were hauled into court in the '90s by the s.e.c. on charges of defrauding elderly investors. a mark of quality. the congressional hearing into gold line next. but first time for tonight's "worst person in the world." you might recall when palin was introduced in 2008 by a florida sheriff who called the...
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us. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you very much. i want to ask you what's just happened. the house minority leader, john boehner has said that he would consider extending the middle class tax cuts. if the only option i have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, i'll vote for it, he said, on "face the nation" this morning. what is your reaction? >> well, i haven't seen the comments. but i noticed the qualifier if my only choice is. if he -- if he's truly saying that we can, as the president called for, get a broad consensus to extend the middle class tax cuts, we should do it. we shouldn't hold that hostage for the argument about the tax cuts just for the very, very highest income people. if he's for that, i would happy. in the past, we have seen some of these circumstances in which what appears to be the offer of doing the sensible thing in the light of day, there's a little bit of a feeling of, well, if the president's for it, i'm against it, then it falls apart. >> he does
us. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you very much. i want to ask you what's just happened. the house minority leader, john boehner has said that he would consider extending the middle class tax cuts. if the only option i have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, i'll vote for it, he said, on "face the nation" this morning. what is your reaction? >> well, i haven't seen the comments. but i noticed the qualifier if my only choice is. if he -- if he's truly...
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we want to use reconciliation. you have to use it to get this problem fixed. >> just remember, spell hypocrisy with a y as in r-y-a-n. today's "worst person in the world." ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] every business day, bank of america lends billions of dollars, to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses. ♪ working to set opportunity in motion. bank of america. but basically, i'm a runner. last year. (oof). i had a bum knee that needed surgery. but it got complicated, because i had an old injury. so i wanted a doctor who had done this before. and unitedhealthcare's database helped me find a surgeon. you know you can't have great legs, if you don't have good knees. we're 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. i but i justve my 5 employcan't afford it.ance, i have diabetes. i didn't miss a premium payment for 10 years. and i'm worried if i lose my job, i won't be able to afford insurance. when i graduated from college, i lost my health
we want to use reconciliation. you have to use it to get this problem fixed. >> just remember, spell hypocrisy with a y as in r-y-a-n. today's "worst person in the world." ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] every business day, bank of america lends billions of dollars, to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses. ♪ working to set opportunity in motion. bank of america. but basically, i'm a runner. last year. (oof). i had a bum knee that needed surgery. but it...
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which is not legal use of campaign money. i think she is going to try to just brush that story aside as the typical cross fire that any politician gets into and try to find her way to the middle on some of these policy questions. >> but in 49 days, how much nondamage can she do to herself when as rachel maddow showed these tapes from 1996, there are tape with the senate of the united states, which is what she is, is discussing openly how people shouldn't masturbate. that would seem to be a difficult sell even in delaware. >> she is going to say it was 14 years ago and she won't get in -- she will try to not get into repeating those specifics. that she got into on that taup. and try to say something that sounds, call it religiously high-minded, or that is just kind of general. and probably say something defensive about no one should be pressing me on these kinds of personal issues. she may take what she turned into a punish you've, and now try to play it as a personal issue that should not be questioned in this kind of electio
which is not legal use of campaign money. i think she is going to try to just brush that story aside as the typical cross fire that any politician gets into and try to find her way to the middle on some of these policy questions. >> but in 49 days, how much nondamage can she do to herself when as rachel maddow showed these tapes from 1996, there are tape with the senate of the united states, which is what she is, is discussing openly how people shouldn't masturbate. that would seem to be...
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the majority of islam is all with us on this fight. helping us in this fight. and this is not a country about hate. never has been. we've got to recognize that. we've got to frankly deal with the majority of islam in good faith and show that we're willing to work with them as they're willing to work with us to get rid of this bad element that did this terrible event on 9/11 and would like to hurt us again if they possibly could. >> schieffer: well, governor, i just saw congressman ellison shaking his head. we have about 20 seconds... in agreement with you. about 20 seconds left. congressman, just a final thought. >> a final thought is that i'm looking and talking with my colleagues about how we could perhaps pull together a bill to help study radicalization. we don't know enough about it. we're operating on anecdotes. i think we need to move forward with governor kaine's analysis and recommendation and i commend him for his work. >> schieffer: thank you so much both of you. we'll be back with some final thoughts. [ wind howling ] [ technician ] are you busy? ma
the majority of islam is all with us on this fight. helping us in this fight. and this is not a country about hate. never has been. we've got to recognize that. we've got to frankly deal with the majority of islam in good faith and show that we're willing to work with them as they're willing to work with us to get rid of this bad element that did this terrible event on 9/11 and would like to hurt us again if they possibly could. >> schieffer: well, governor, i just saw congressman ellison...
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any vote we take is going to kill us. all we want to do is put our head down and get through the last two months. there's some of that intense, defensive crouch, risk aversion that's also driving. >> let me ask you about whether or not the democrats are really going to press ahead. frank rich obviously very influential wrote how fdr in 1936 was able to turn populist anger against the economy into political advantage even though they were the party in power by saying that republicans were the party of the financial bad guys, the people who were getting rich while everyone else suffered and he welcomed their hatred. is there any hope, any legs to this as a potential strategy for the democrats left? >> well, there are legs although i would say that gdp growth in 1936 was actually quite positive. the country was actually growing. it had this horrible trough and part of the reason roosevelt was so popular at that point, gdp growth was actually quite remarkable in that year. it then went back down. there was a double dip. so, l
any vote we take is going to kill us. all we want to do is put our head down and get through the last two months. there's some of that intense, defensive crouch, risk aversion that's also driving. >> let me ask you about whether or not the democrats are really going to press ahead. frank rich obviously very influential wrote how fdr in 1936 was able to turn populist anger against the economy into political advantage even though they were the party in power by saying that republicans were...
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>> the budget ended in 2010, that is why we have this confronting us, why? because they played budget games for scoring purposes and, yes, it is the republican plan to eliminate those -- >> but you have a big majority. why not pass the extension of the middle class tax cuts before going home to campaign for a month. >> i told you, the senate -- >> you are in the house. >> it would be a specious act for us, and what is not a specious act, chris is we have absolutely guaranteed that there will be no increase in middle income taxes and the president said that and speaker and i have said that, harry reid and dick durbin said that there will be no increase in middle income taxes. >> chris: here's the point, congressman. the democrats held a big majority in both the house and the senate for almost two years now. since january of 2009. almost two years. isn't it a serious failure by democrats in both the house and the senate that you haven't told the american people what is going to happen to their taxes on income, on dividends, on capital gains, on inheritance, an
>> the budget ended in 2010, that is why we have this confronting us, why? because they played budget games for scoring purposes and, yes, it is the republican plan to eliminate those -- >> but you have a big majority. why not pass the extension of the middle class tax cuts before going home to campaign for a month. >> i told you, the senate -- >> you are in the house. >> it would be a specious act for us, and what is not a specious act, chris is we have absolutely...